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Saint — Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM

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Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher, SNJM
October 6, 1811 AD, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Lower Canada — October 6, 1849 AD, Longueuil, Canada East (modern Quebec)
French-Canadian foundress; Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada — mother-house, Canada
Feast
October 6
Canonized
Beatified May 23, 1982 by Pope St. John Paul II
Life

Eulalie Mélanie (religious name Marie-Rose) Durocher was born on October 6, 1811 at Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu in Lower Canada (modern Quebec). In 1831, Marie-Rose moved to Beloeil to keep house for her brother Théophile, a parish priest.

For 12 years (1831–1843), Marie-Rose served as parish housekeeper — famously establishing the first Canadian Ladies' Congregation of the Blessed Virgin at Beloeil.

In 1843, at the request of Bishop Ignace Bourget of Montreal, Marie-Rose founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary at Longueuil — the French-Canadian teaching congregation dedicated to the Catholic education of Quebec girls.

Marie-Rose served as Superior of the Sisters of the Holy Names until her death on October 6, 1849 at the age of 38 — on her 38th birthday. Beatified May 23, 1982 by Pope St. John Paul II.

Miracles & Phenomena

  • The Sisters of the Holy Names

    Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher's 1843 founding of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary — the French-Canadian teaching congregation — established the Catholic Quebec girls' education tradition. The Sisters extend across Quebec, the United States, and Latin America to the present day.

Relics
  • Body
    Relics of Bl. Marie-Rose Durocher
    Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Names, Longueuil, Quebec, Canada — mother-house

    Her relics rest at the mother-house at Longueuil.

Iconography
  • Marie-Rose founding the Sisters at Longueuil

    The mid-19th-century French-Canadian foundress in Sisters of the Holy Names habit founding the Congregation at Longueuil on October 28, 1843 — the iconography of Catholic French-Canadian teaching congregation tradition.

Patronages
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (Congregation founded 1843)Catholic Quebec (Canada) and the French-Canadian Catholic traditionCatholic Canadian Catholic girls' education tradition
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